LAMB, LAFAYETTE

LAMB, HUFMAN

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Date: 10/4/2001 at 08:58:40

From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879) Pages 669-697
Biographical Sketches of Clinton Residents

LAFAYETTE LAMB, of the firm of C. Lamb & Sons, manufacturers of lumber; is a native of Carroll Co., Ill., and was born Feb. 26, 1845; when 12 years of age, his parents came to Iowa and located in Clinton, where he was brought up and attended school, and afterward entered his father's mills; in 1875, he became interested in the business with his father and brother, the firm becoming C. Lamb & Sons, and they carry on a very extensive business; he is connected with the Order of Masons and the Consistory of Lyons, the Order of Workmen and the Knights of Pythias. He married Miss Olivia Hufman, a native of Schuylkill Co., Penn., Aug. 21, 1866; they have two children-Merette and Chauncey.